LANDRIGAN v. McELROY

No. 77-170-Appeal.

398 A.2d 1144 (1979)

Bruce B. LANDRIGAN v. William J. McELROY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Chaika, Cranston, for plaintiff.

William J. Toohey, City Sol., Thomas L. McDonald, Asst. City Sol., Warwick, for defendant.


ORDER

This is a civil action in which the plaintiff seeks damages for injuries sustained following an alleged assault upon him by the defendant, a Warwick police officer. A Superior Court jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $42,029.28. The trial justice denied the defendant's motion for a new trial. He appealed.

On February 8, 1979, this case came before us in response to our order to the...

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